KJ Choi grew to become the primary South Korean to win a Senior Main title as he claimed a two-stroke victory in The Senior Open at Carnoustie in Scotland.
The 54-year-old began slowly however ignited across the flip to place daylight between himself and the chasing pack as he signed for a closing two-under-par 70 and a successful complete of ten beneath, two away from Australia’s Richard Inexperienced.
The eight-time PGA TOUR winner opened with a bogey and dropped additional photographs on the fifth and sixth because the leaderboard grew to become bunched, with various gamers in competition.
Taking part in accomplice Inexperienced and fellow chasers Paul Broadhurst and Stephen Ames had been all going alongside steadily however Choi, not for the primary time this week, started a sizzling run and picked up a shot both aspect of the flip to get again to at least one over for the day.
He parred the eleventh after which entered a three-hole stretch which decided the result of the 2024 Senior Open.
The previous world no.5 recorded back-to-back birdies at 12 and 13 earlier than holing a 30-footer for eagle on the par-5 14th to open a four-shot lead with solely 4 to play.
Choi used his knowhow which earned him a share of eighth in The Open at Carnoustie in 2007 to soundly navigate the following three, earlier than closing with a bogey to safe his maiden Main title.
Inexperienced prolonged his glorious run of type within the senior majors by securing his third top-three end of the season, whereas England’s Broadhurst completed two photographs additional again in third on six beneath.
Canadian Stephen Ames completed fourth on three beneath par, whereas no fewer than seven gamers completed in a tie for fifth on two beneath, together with former Ryder Cup captains Thomas Bjørn, Pádraig Harrington and Bernhard Langer.
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